Where Do Speedboats Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres, illustrated by Christian Slade. PICTURE BOOK. Random House Children's Books, 2019. $17. 9781524765750
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K. EL (K-3)- OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Where Do Speedboats Sleep at Night? explores various water crafts: sailboats, canoes, tugboats, etc. to determine how or where these machines may sleep at night. Do they turn off their motors because it’s time for bedtime reading? Do they “begin to dream of their own trips to the beach?” Perhaps their moms say, “Tow in your toys, kids- Toy Harbor’s almost full”? The final page depicts a young child sleeping in his bed while the bath water craft toys are “docked by Bathtub Pier” waiting for fun and play another day.
This nautical bedtime tale will delight children who are familiar with water crafts. There is an adorable little mouse hiding on each page that children will have fun searching for. We liked the story but not in rhyming form. The flow and pace of the wording was sometimes difficult to follow.
Reviewer: SL
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